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Vegetation History and Archaeobotany : Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2004

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Human activity and climate change during the historical period in central upland Japan with reference to forest dynamics and the cultivation of Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)

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Author	Kitagawa, Junko Nakagawa, Takeshi Fujiki, Toshiyuki Yamaguchi, Kentaro Yasuda, Yoshiri
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	Karikomi Lake is located in the border area between the Hida and Echizen regions (36° 04’N, 135° 44’E) at 1075 m a.s.l., in the Hakusan mountains. Several villages are located near the lake where hansaibai was practised in the past, i.e. horse-chestnut trees (Aesculus turbinata) were favoured for their nuts which were gathered and processed as an important food source. To understand how the forest was used for this purpose, a core was taken from Karikomi Lake and the past vegetation was reconstructed through pollen analysis of the lake sediment. Climate deterioration caused by the Little Ice Age impinged severely on the local population and seems to have played a key role in the development of hansaibai and reliance on horse chestnut as a major food source. The pollen analytical data suggest that hansaibai was associated with increased frequency of famine periods during the Little Ice Age in Japan, although human impact in the vicinity of the lake began much earlier, in the 8th century A.D. Deforestation and economic development during the twentieth century have led to abandonment of the use of horse chestnut as a major food source and the replacement of Aesculus by Fagus in the local forest which lies within lands designated as a National Park.
Starting Page	105
Ending Page	113
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09396314
Journal	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16176278
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2004-03-24
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Hansaibai Little Ice Age Climate change Human impact Pollen analysis Japan
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Plant Science Archeology (arts and humanities) Paleontology

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